I’m using WordPress 3.9.3 and facing the same problem.
I copied the htaccess setting below..
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
and what I got is the link redirect to localhost/xampp
Is there something wrong?